The faculties are responsible for selecting students, in accordance with University regulations.

The list includes academic cooperation agreements signed with other universities.

Agreements could include faculty and student exchange, mutual accreditation of degrees, continuing education and certificate programs.

A 2025 paper from the American University of Beirut listed Future University in a case study of schools using "questionable authorship practices" to manipulate research output metrics.

[2][3] The article noted the university had 977% increase in publications between 2019 and 2023,[2][3] well above Egypt's national average of 71%,[3] while its rate of first-authorship dropped and international collaborations rose 61 percentage points.